65 TCPA Lawsuits, One Destroyed Computer, and a Federal Judge Who Had Enough
April 13, 2026
A Missouri federal court's devastating 26-page sanctions order in Human v. Fisher Investments offers a rare, detailed look at the predatory litigation model that has become a growing threat to legitimate businesses — including ecommerce merchants. Last week, Judge Matthew T. Schelp of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri issued one of the most striking TCPA sanctions orders in recent memory…
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United Against CIPA Shakedowns: EIA Continues Advocacy in Support of California SB 690
March 20, 2026
At the Ecommerce Innovation Alliance (EIA), we believe that business owners should be able to use standard, modern technology to serve their customers without living in fear of predatory lawsuits. Unfortunately, in California, a 1960s-era privacy law is being twisted into a tool for legal "shakedowns" that target legitimate ecommerce brands. …
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Federal Court Gives a TCPA Troll a Taste of His Own Medicine: Specialty Medical Inc. v. Mark Dobronski
March 2, 2026
Two powerful TCPA decisions in three days is not a coincidence you get to write about very often. Just 48 hours after a federal magistrate judge in California denied Jamee Desouza's attempt to scrub her employer's name from the record in Desouza v. Ralph Lauren, a federal judge in Michigan issued an opinion that is, if anything, even more consequential for ecommerce brands tired of playing defense against professional plaintiffs. …
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When the Plaintiff’s Own Exhibit Blows Up Her Argument: Desouza v. Ralph Lauren
February 26, 2026
Every so often, a TCPA case comes along that reads less like a consumer protection dispute and more like a cautionary tale about the cottage industry of professional TCPA litigation — and what can happen when a plaintiff’s own paper trail tells a story she’d rather keep hidden. Desouza v. Ralph Lauren Corporation d/b/a Polo Factory Stores, is exactly that kind of case. On February 24, 2026, a federal magistrate judge denied the plaintiff’s motion for a protective order — a motion that was remarkable not just for what it sought, but for the glaring irony embedded in it.…
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Third Circuit Rules that Legislative Communications Not Covered by the TCPA
November 3, 2025
A recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Perrong v. Bradford has gained attention from the business and policy community. The case was filed by Andrew R. Perrong a TCPA plaintiff’s lawyer who, according to one court order, is “a habitual litigant with extensive familiarity with the TCPA” that has engaged in “gamesmanship of the lowest order,”. Perrong has pursued this case in his own name, rather than on behalf of a client, as he has done in dozens of other cases filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. …
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Second Circuit Upholds Verizon $46.9 Million Fine for Sharing Location-Based Data
September 12, 2025
Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a final decision in Verizon v. FCC, upholding a $46.9 million penalty against Verizon for mishandling customer location data. This ruling has significant implications for our members engaged in telemarketing and SMS text marketing. The Court affirmed the FCC's finding that Verizon violated Section 222 of the Communications Act by failing to reasonably safeguard Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI). The Second Circuit explicitly concluded that device-location data qualifies as CPNI, triggering the privacy protections of the Communications Act. …
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